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Hock lecturing during a seminar

Q and A: HOW DO I GET RANK AND INSTRUCTORSHIPS IN HOCK’S SURVIVAL CENTRIC COURSES?

Question: How do I become a Scientific Fighting Congress (SFC) instructor? Or obtain rank? How does this training work? What are the courses within the[…]

graphic art image of a person in a bath robe defending their home at night

HOME INVADERS AT MY HOME!

I believe my house was once under attack from home invaders, thwarted by me and my gun. Here’s what happened, plus a few things you[…]

Hock standing in a boxing gym holding equipment. An image of a mannequin holding a rifle. A ballistic target in the lower right corner.

REDUCE THE ABSTRACT

(Photo: Use a flat-soft-hand-pad? Or harder, head and face shaped head? Use a flat, non-human, paper target? Or 3D, dangerous form. Once again, expensive option[…]

PRACTICED AT THE ART OF DECEPTION. FAKES AND STRING THEORY!

A string! One great fake that opens a hole, then one stunning blow, then a tree-step combination…for starters. 5 parts of the string. 1 plus[…]

Poses show different concealed gun draws

IF YOU PULL? YOU MUST SHOOT! OTHERWISE, NO PULL!

Every once in a while, in my years in police work ranging back to the early 1970s, we would get a new shift supervisor like[…]

Hock on his back with his legs crossed at the bent knee.

HAVE I FALLEN ON THE KNIFE? BIG MISTAKES I HAVE MADE TEACHING MY KNIFE COURSE OVER THE DECADES

Or…How To, or How NOT To, Maintain a Popular Knife Course Through time, the who, what, where, when, how and why, my original, once quite[…]

Remy Presas on the cover of Black Belt magazine

RIPPED CALLUSES AND SMOKING RATTAN

On a rather famous FMA page, a member asked for opinions on-about the pros and cons of Remy Presas Modern Arnis. I answered… Three people[…]

image of an attacker that dropped his knife

HE DROPS THE KNIFE! WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

HE DROPS THE KNIFE! WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? Convergence knife. Converging the law and rules of engagement with knife training. If you achieve a disarm, and[…]

CPR AT SAMBOS, OR HUSBAND KILLS WIFE AND WATCHES…

“Sixty-five…fight on the Sambos parking lot,” the police dispatcher announced, as Glen Nowles and I prowled the midnight hour, wintery north Texas streets in our[…]

Hock standing with instructors

ADVERTISING MARTIAL ARTS AND COMBATIVES SEMINARS

Instructors! Instructors! Instructors… In the last 29 years I have made certified instructors and black belts around the world from the USA to Australia. I[…]